If I have learned anything at all from Dostoyevsky it’s that
to be respected by others, you have to prove yourself. In the narrator’s case,
especially when he spent time with Simonov and friends, he felt like they owed
him respect. He clearly has entitlement issues, which I never really caught
onto until part two of the book. I used to have sympathy for the narrator, and
in a way I could agree with him on most things, but he is a miserable man,
whose issues all derived from insecurities. While I was observing the narrator’s
hatred for others, in particular Zverkov, I could tell he hates others who are confidant
or conceded. He is envious of Zverkov’s happiness, self-esteem, and the way
others admire him. Honestly, the narrator should feel humiliated from the immature
way he acts around others. It’s like he has an extreme case of aspergers, where
he literally cannot function normally with society. The narrator has spent his
whole life judging others, when in reality he should have been trying to
improve himself. Although it seems like he has insecurity issues, which he
does, he also has quite the ego. I am so fed up with this character. I am sad I
had to end this book hating him, but it is what it is.
-Morgan Mills
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